Anatoly Karpov and Yasser Seirawan Will Settle Their Score in the Chess Triathlon

The chess club of Saint Louis reported that this American town will hold a match between the World Ex-champion Anatoly Karpov (who was 61 on Wednesday) and the many times U.S. Champion Yasser Seirawan (52 years old), from 9 until 13 June.

There will be two games with the long time limit (1.5 hours for 40 moves and then 30 minutes until the end of the game, plus 30 seconds added after each move from move one), two rapid games (the time limit is 25 minutes per game plus 5 seconds per move) and ten blitz games (the time limit is 5 minutes per game plus 2 seconds per move).

An unusual system will be used to decide the winner. The "price" of a classical game is 3 points, 2points for a rapid game and 1 point for a blitz game. The winner will get $10,000 and the loser $7,000.

The opponents will have a live press on the Internet at the end of the match on 13 June.

According to the ChessBase, there is a minimal advantage on the side of the Russian +8 -7 =9 in the past games between Karpov and Seirawan (in all types of the time limits). In the forthcoming match, Karpov's rating will be lower than the American's for the first time in their encounters at the board. Karpov's current rating is 2615, while Seirawan's is 2643 (Yasser's substantial rating losses in the recent U.S. Championship will be counted only in the July rating list).

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The second classical game of the Saint Louis match between the World ex-Champion Anatoly Karpov and the American grandmaster Yasser Seirawan also ended as a draw, after a long and a reasonably calm encounter without serious mistakes. Seirawan wasn't able to benefit from a small advantage that he obtained in the opening. The opponents will also play two rapid and ten blitz games in the following days.

A ten-game blitz match between Anatoly Karpov and Yasser Seirawan has finished in St. Louis. The first part went in an approximately equal fight, while in the second part the young American couldn't hold and lost the match; despite the fact that Yasser was unable to catch his rival he still pleased the spectators with the brilliant move in Game 9:

In the interview to Russian sports newspaper Sport-Express (in Russian), Anatoly Karpov claims sensationally that back in 1989, he has got a proposal to lose his Candidates final match vs Jan Timman (1990) on purpose.

The rapid games of the match between Yasser Seirawan and Anatoly Karpov have finished today. Both games went in a calm struggle. In Game 1 the former world champion got some initiative, but in a time trouble he was forced to offer a draw. When the draw was registed the time was fixed at 00.01 - 00.15 (1 seconds against 15; 5 seconds were added to each move).

The first rapid game of the friendly match between Anatoly Karpov and Yasser Seirawan started at 22:00 at MSK Time. There will be played two rapid games. As you remember the opponents have already played classical chess and the score is equal.